Posted on 11/27/2022 4:04:20 AM PST by C19fan
The College Football Playoff picture looks pretty clear heading into Championship Saturday.
With three undefeated teams at the end of the 2022 regular season, three spots in the four-team playoff look almost guaranteed no matter what happens on the first Saturday of December.
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How much tearing of shirts is occurring in Norman. Their former QB is on the verge of winning of the Heisman. Their former coach is one win away from a playoff berth. Safe to say UGA, Michigan, TCU are all locks for playoff berth. IF USC beats Utah in the Pac-12 son to be 10 championship they are in. If USC loses will 'Bama get the ultimate back door bid??? NO!!!!!!
Go DAWGS....
Is there already talk in Dawg Nation about tanking the SEC Championship game to get a preferred opponent? The SEC game occurs after the Pac-12 and Big 12 games.
Will 1-loss #6 USC (before the next rankings come out probably boosting them after their win over the #13 Irish) figure out how to beat the Utah Utes that beat USC by 1 point already in the season? USC's win over the Irish combined by beating the Utes in the Pac-12 championship is liable to give the Trojans the edge over Ohio State.
Then there's 2-loss #5 LSU (before the next rankings come out probably lowering them after the loss to the Aggies), who has to face #1 Georgia in the SEC championship game. LSU winning that would give them the ultimate resume enhancer, even with 2 losses.
Looking now at undefeated #4 TCU. Yeah, they might bump up to #3 this week with Ohio State's loss. But they still have to play #12 Kansas St in the Big-12 championship. If TCU wins, they're in. If they lose to Kansas St, I'd still count TCU in with one loss but 12 wins against 5 ranked opponents.
Then there's #7 Bama (just spanked unranked Auburn), who doesn't play a conference championship game, and has 2 losses totaling only 4 points (both games lost in the last play of the game). Because Bama doesn't play anyone else, they have nothing to add to their resume after their Iron Bowl win. I don't see them getting in with them having only 2 wins over ranked opponents. Certainly not if LSU wins the SEC championship and makes their case as the best 2-loss team. Bama needs Georgia to win the SEC championship over LSU, and for the other top-ranked teams to lose their conference championship games (Michigan, TCU, and USC). Even with that, I don't see Bama getting in without Saban offering the playoff committee free weekend getaways to his lake house.
Looking at the top 4 teams with conference championship games coming up: Georgia, Michigan, TCU, and USC. If #1 Georgia loses to LSU in the SEC Championship game, Georgia will have only 1 loss, but in the whole rest of the season they beat only 2 ranked opponents. Same if unbeaten Michigan loses their conference championship (only 2 ranked opponents in the season). Same if 1-loss USC loses (to make it 2 losses, with only 2 wins over ranked opponents). Unbeaten TCU already has 4 wins on ranked opponents, including Kansas State whom they play in their conference championship. So in the strange event that we have conference championship chaos where all 4 of the top ranked teams lose, IMHO TCU has the best resume to survive it and make it to the playoffs. The other top teams might also survive losing their conference championship game, but not as certainly as TCU would.
My daughter goes to The Ohio State University- everyone in the house was rooting for OSU, including our dog.
I told my daughter a week ago when she was at school and texting me as they were struggling against Maryland, the Bucks were going to get killed by Michigan unless they came out and scored four touchdowns by halftime- they scored two and two FG’s because the QB can’t get them into the end zone.
Stroud is overrated.
Day is a mediocre coach at best
They play to the level of their competition
They can never play from behind
Not the makings of a championship program.
No way they would, it’s too great a risk.
I would also hope they have pride.
They have 3 losses after getting spanked by Texas A&M 38-23.
Their chances seem extremely slim, with mostly unlikely, that they will be victorious in the SEC championship. If they do somehow win,], it would have to be a decisive win I believe.
TCU would be a ratings flop of epic proportions, Bama lovers and haters make up huge audience percentages in vast areas and great TV ratings.
How so? TCU plays in the 5th largest media market in the country.
I want. UConn in a bowl game. With their basketball teams in the top 10, their men’s hockey team is ranked, UConn is back... Thank you AD Dave Benedict, for hiring Jim Mora as the football coach.
OSU ran out of gas. No stamina. In the Maryland game they were lethargic. No fire yesterday. Michigan wanted it more!
All this speculation is interesting but is strictly for entertainment. What a wild suggestion that Georgia would ever tank the SEC championship. There’s no way any Dawg would even think that way. The SEC championship is a prize never to be sacrificed under any circumstances. Rest assured, the Dawgs will be completely ready to defeat LSU. After that, the Dawgs are looking to and expected to win two more and secure another National Championship. We have no doubt.
Ran out of gas??? You’re kidding, right?
Why did OSU load the box in the first half when UMs top ball carrier went to the sidelines after the first series and was done for the game? They left the deep field wide open and they got spanked on consecutive deep TDs.
The problem for OSU yesterday was the same as the Maryland game and Northwestern game and Iowa game and Notre Dame game- the QB can’t convert in the first half and get the offense into the end zone. That and the coaching is terrible
The Coliseum looked great on TV with the packed crowd. Does USC actively recruit the Song Girls? I feel a bit dirty ole man even noticing, especially comparing to the Notre Dame cheer squad.The Song Girls are very “diverse” in the best way possible.
ROLL GREEN WAVE, ROLL!!!!!
I always enjoy the halftime show at homecoming games when the alumni Song Girls perform wearing their original uniforms. For the past half-century, their uniforms have been white, but up until a few years ago, some Song Girls from the sixties showed up in their Cardinal-and-Gold outfits.
UConn lost 59-0 to Michigan
Your post has a lot of factual innacuracies to take seriously. LSU has 3 losses and is completely out of the playoff picture. TCU has only wins against 2 ranked opponents (KSU and weak Oklahoma)...who are the other two? Georgia and Michigan are locked in, even if they lose next week. TCU and USC are in with wins...if one or both lose, Alabama and Ohio State are back in the picture, in that order. Everyone else is out.
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